Abstract:
A POLYMERIC CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE SUCH AS CELLULOSE LAURATE OR STARCH LAURATE WITH A PERCENTAGE OF SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN ABOUT 40% AND ABOUT 100% IS DISPERSED OR DISSOLVED IN JET FUEL OR OTHER HYDROCARBON OR NONPOLAR SOLVENT AT A CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 0.5 GRAM SOLIDS/100 ML. FLUID. THE GELLED JET FUEL IS HELPFUL IN AVOIDING FIRES IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS.
Abstract:
POWDERED CELLULOSE LAURATE IS PREPARED BY REACTING CELLULOSE WITH A REAGENT CONTAINING THE LAUROYL GROUPING TO PRODUCE CELLULOSE LAURATE, DISSOLVING THE CELLULOSE LAURATE IN CHLOROFORM, ADDING METHAOL SLOWLY UNTIL THE SOLUTION BECOMES CLOUDY, THEN ADDING ASUBSTANTIALLY GREATER AMOUNT OF METHANOL RAPIDLY, AND RECOVERING A POWDERED CELLULOSE LAURATE.